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Classic Big L, advanced wordplay, searing hot lyrics and impeccable flow back in ‘95 at the tender age of 21. New hip hop fans probably fail to comprehend the loss his death caused to hip hop, but this song is surely some indication.

The song has a sample playing throughout the song from the one and only Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty By Nature.